Physiotherapy for Children and Adolescents, TheoryLaajuus (8 cr)
Course unit code: 7F00BA31
General information
- Credits
- 8 cr
- Teaching language
- Finnish
Objectives
Students
- know changes of society and how they affect a family
- are aware of the effects of an illness on children and family
- know the effects of illnesses on movement and functional ability of a child or an adolescent and on the whole development of an individual
- are able to find evidence based knowledge and to use it in physiotherapy
- are able to select appropriate and effective assessment strategies for movement abilities and the functions of a child or an adolescent and are able to use clinical reasoning and to plan treatment strategies
- know the effects of the most common medication for children’s’ diseases
Content
- motor development of a child as part of the whole development of an individual
- delayed development of a child
- reflexes in child’s development
- attachment theory and early interaction
- socioemotional disorders and mental disorders of children and adolescents and physiotherapy
- autism disorders and physiotherapy
- children with learning difficulties
- respiratory physiotherapy with children and adolescents
- musculo-skeletal problems of children and adolescents
- neurological problems and physiotherapy with children and adolescents
- physiotherapy in mental health problems of children and adolescents
- required medication